Mini tornado damages Cedar Rapids market roof
Mini tornadoes described by the National Weather Service rolled through eastern Iowa and damaged Dale’s Fruit Market at 3338 Center Point Road NE in Cedar Rapids. The roof was peeled back, a gas pipe snapped, and gas leaked for about two hours before state utilities shut it off. no injuries were reported and repairs are estimated at 8000 to 10000 dollars.
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National Weather Service
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Cedar
Delaware
Dubuque
Dale’s Fruit Market
Center Point Rd
Dale Everett
Everett
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Kurt Widmer
Dale's
Jack Mowry
Insulators Supply Co
Dale’s
Mowry
Broadcast Park
Kgan-Tv
Eugene Frye
Marion
U.S. Weather Service
Reagan urged to end minority hiring goals
Washington Post reports top Reagan aides favor abolishing rules that require government contractors to set numeric goals for hiring minorities and women. A draft executive order would rescind the 1965 Johnson policy, affecting 73,000 contractors employing 23 million people and prompting mixed views within the administration.
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Washington
Reagan
Administration
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Edwin Meese
William Bradford Reynolds
Office of Management and Budget
Domestic Policy Council
Meese
Labor
William Brock
Brock
Office of Federal
Justice Department
Patrick Korten
Korten
Labor Department
David Demarest
IIA
Heroin boss Sage sentenced to 28 years in Cedar Rapids
Sage, 39, of Cedar Rapids, was jailed for 28 years after pleading guilty to being part of a Nepalese heroin conspiracy. Judge McManus cited the operation's magnitude and Sage's role while noting other charges were dismissed in a plea bargain that requires his cooperation in prosecutions.
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Thomas Sage
Sage
Nepal
Cedar Rapids
U.S. District Court
Edward McManus
McManus
Todays Chuckles dating costs joke
A humor item notes dating costs rise so high a man may marry for money and jokes that by the time a child can tell time there is nothing to say to it with playful punchlines.
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Elayright
Tail section blamed in Japan 747 crash
Japan Transport Ministry announced preliminary findings that a tail section failure caused a Boeing 747 crash with 524 aboard. An emergency inspection of tail sections on all Japanese airline jets was ordered though no grounding was ordered. Survivors described a wild pitch and loud noise before impact amid ongoing recovery of wreckage and flight recorders.
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Tokyo
Transport Ministry
Japan Air Lines
Japan
Yumi Ochiai
Nail packed TNT explosion lashes Beirut killing and injuring many
A car packed with nail studded TNT exploded outside a Christian East Beirut apartment complex. At least 12 dead and 120 wounded, with over 400 pounds of TNT destroying buildings and shattering windows. Police report four nearby buildings damaged and 20 cars hurled into shop fronts. Authorities say no claim of responsibility and note a spate of similar incidents in East Beirut.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Christian East
Mercedes
the Force
August Bakhos
Sadd El-Boushrieh
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